Meanings
plural hoodies · alternative hoody
- A sweatshirt with an integral hood and, sometimes, a large kangaroo pocket at the front.
You can buy hoodies on the cheap in summer.
Synonyms: kangaroo, kangaroo jacket, bunny hug
- UKderogatoryoftenslangA young person wearing such a sweatshirt, usually a male, stereotypically associated with antisocial behaviour.
David Cameron will completely re-engineer the Conservatives' image on crime this week with a remarkable speech calling for more understanding of 'hoodies' and criticising what he calls short-term solutions to curb youth crime such as anti-social behaviour orders and curfews.
2006 July 9, Gaby Hinsliff, “Cameron softens crime image in 'hug a hoodie' call”, in The Guardian1 more example
En route, we dropped by the home of Lips — one of the very few gang members who still lived with his mother — to pick up some clothes for Tuggy. There, we discussed which pair of trainers to bring him — no small decision, as the soul of the hoodie resides in his trainers.
2012 June 26, Harriet Sergeant, “The only place my hoodie friend felt at home? Prison”, in Mail Online - slangA foreskin.
- The hooded crow, Corvus cornix.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA sweatshirt with an integral hood and, sometimes, a large kangaroo pocket at the front.
Origin
From hood + -ie (diminutive suffix). In sense “person wearing a hoodie”, influenced by sense -ie (“person associated with suffixed noun, often derogatory”); compare townie.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan dessuadora
- dessuadorasweatshirt, with an integral hood
Chinese Cantonese hoodie
- hoodiesweatshirt, with an integral hood
Chinese Mandarin 連帽衫 /连帽衫, 帽T
- 連帽衫 /连帽衫 (liánmàoshān)sweatshirt, with an integral hood
- 帽T (màotì)sweatshirt, with an integral hood
Finnish huppari, huppu
- hupparisweatshirt, with an integral hood
- huppuslang: foreskin
French sweat à capuche
- sweat à capuchesweatshirt, with an integral hood
German Kapuzenpullover, Kapuzenpulli
- Kapuzenpulloversweatshirt, with an integral hood
- Kapuzenpullisweatshirt, with an integral hood
- Hoodiesweatshirt, with an integral hood
- Kapuzenträgeryoung person wearing such a sweatshirt
Greek χούντι, φούτερ
- χούντι (choúnti)sweatshirt, with an integral hood
- φούτερsweatshirt, with an integral hood
Hungarian kapucnis fiatal
- kapucnis fiatalyoung person wearing such a sweatshirt
Icelandic hettupeysa
- hettupeysasweatshirt, with an integral hood
Italian felpa
- felpasweatshirt, with an integral hood
Japanese フード, パーカー
- フード (fūdo)sweatshirt, with an integral hood
- パーカー (pākā)sweatshirt, with an integral hood
Korean 후드, 후드티
- 후드 (hudeu)sweatshirt, with an integral hood
- 후드티 (hudeuti)sweatshirt, with an integral hood
Polish bluza z kapturem, osoba nosząca bluzę z kapturem
- bluza z kapturemsweatshirt, with an integral hood
- osoba nosząca bluzę z kapturemyoung person wearing such a sweatshirt
- napletslang: foreskin
Portuguese moletom, capuz
- moletomsweatshirt, with an integral hood
- capuzsweatshirt, with an integral hood
Romanian hanorac
- hanoracsweatshirt, with an integral hood
Russian ху́ди, толсто́вка
- ху́ди (xúdi)sweatshirt, with an integral hood
- толсто́вкаsweatshirt, with an integral hood
- балахо́нsweatshirt, with an integral hood
Spanish sudadera con capucha, sudadera
- sudadera con capuchasweatshirt, with an integral hood
- sudaderasweatshirt, with an integral hood
- capucherasweatshirt, with an integral hood
- capuchasweatshirt, with an integral hood
- encapuchadosweatshirt, with an integral hood
- buzosweatshirt, with an integral hood
- encapuchadoyoung person wearing such a sweatshirt
Swedish huvtröja, luvtröja
- huvtröjasweatshirt, with an integral hood
- luvtröjasweatshirt, with an integral hood
- munktröjasweatshirt, with an integral hood
- munkjackasweatshirt, with an integral hood
- hoodiesweatshirt, with an integral hood
Thai เสื้อฮู้ด
- เสื้อฮู้ด (S̄eụ̄̂x ḥū̂ d)sweatshirt, with an integral hood
Turkish kapüşonlu
- kapüşonlusweatshirt, with an integral hood
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with hoodie
All rhymes →Cite this entry
hoodie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoodie
“hoodie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoodie. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hoodie,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hoodie.
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